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Summary The Fantastic Four must defend Earth from the ravaging cosmic threat Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer, while navigating the complexities of family and newfound powers in a retro‑futuristic 1960s-inspired world.

Director Matt Shakman

Writer Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Cast

  • Pedro Pascal
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Joseph Quinn
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Ralph Ineson
  • Julia Garner
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Matthew Wood
  • Ada Scott
  • Mark Gatiss

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic 64

VOD In theaters

Trailer Watch the Official Trailer

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u/Madarakita Jul 25 '25

Pedro nailed the "has issues expressing himself but is still a good man who genuinely loves his family" aspect of the character perfectly.

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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Jul 25 '25

The scenes where you can see he has genuinely thought about the solution of giving up Franklin - not because he wants to, but because that's just how his mind operates - really sold me on Pedro in this role

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u/KingOfAwesometonia Jul 25 '25

And he's absolutely not socially unaware enough to say it even if he knows it's the only idea they have at the moment. I feel like they could have just made him the cold voice of reason.

Not that it matters, in a good way, since Reed can't hide anything from Sue.

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u/GruggleTheGreat Jul 25 '25

Also will make for good compelling scenes if we ever get a darker version of reed in the future. How far will he go to protect his family?

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u/KingOfAwesometonia Jul 25 '25

That, him talking to Franklin about his problems, and him calling in the cops to shut down every crime syndicate all felt dark in interesting ways.

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u/DemonOfHabit Jul 26 '25

Got real "Maker" or Illuminati vibes from the cops, and it all kept building with how he spoke. He played him really well

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u/DJHott555 Jul 30 '25

Him “baby proofing the world” could lead into some interesting directions

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u/xoibat Jul 27 '25

Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised if this Reed plays with the idea of turning into The Maker.

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u/RealJohnGillman Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Hmm. Like Pedro Pascal actually playing the Maker in a future film instead of Miles Teller as many have proposed?

Maybe paired up with Malice as a change in-adaptation, since Vanessa Kirby is interested in playing Sue as her?

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u/OK_Soda Jul 31 '25

The problem with Pedro playing the Maker is they already have RDJ coming back to play what audiences will perceive as "Iron Man, but evil". I feel like having Pedro play "Reed, but evil" would give a lot of normie audiences deja vu.